Rainfall
Column
Total monthly rainfall gradually decreased over the ten years
leading up to the fire. The blue points represent the total rainfall in
centimeters collected at each field station. The line on the time series
plots show the general trend of total monthly rainfall over the ten
years leading up to the fire events. These rainfall plots indicate that
there were slightly decreases in monthly total rainfall in the years
leading up to the fire events in the last week of 2019 and first week of
2020. Click and drag on the time series plot to highlight the date and
the corresponding monthly average rainfall.
Temperature
Column
The red points are the daily recorded high temperature and the
yellow points are the daily recorded low temperatures. The bold red and
yellow lines show the general trend of high and low temperatures over
time, made with geom_smooth. This graph shows slight increases in
temperature at most stations over the last ten years, but no major
noticeable heatwave events.
Map
Column
The red circles on the map represent a 1km fire pixel which may not
represent the actual location of the fire since one or more fires can be
detected within the 1km pixel. The blue markers represent 7 weather
stations around the country that tracked climate data, like temperature
and rainfall, in 5 of the 6 states, shown in the Rainfall and
Temperature tabs. Click on the map to highlight the weather station and
view locations of fires around the station during that week.